I'm not really a fan of any MAJOR crossovers. None of them are really that good. I did really like Our Worlds At War though. Read that a couple times.

All of the Crisis stories were pretty boring (not counting Identity Crisis).

I will agree that crossover events are more often bad than good, but I mean not all the crisis were not horrible (identity crisis was awful) but crisis on infinite earths is a classic.

I liked Infinite Crisis. Hated Final Crisis. Crisis On Infinite Earths is good but the first 1/2 - 2/3 is so boring. I thought Identity Crisis out shined all of them and it wasn't even part of the series. Definitely the best story.

@Pokeysteve: I agree, I really liked Infinite Crisis & only made it through CoIE because it's almost "mandatory" to be a "real" DC fan. (Though to be fair to the story, it's hard for me to read old comics because the art is so far & away from what modern technology allows (and so now nice art gets me through slow parts in books). I couldn't make it through DKReturns because the art got to me so much).

@Pokeysteve: I agree, I really liked Infinite Crisis & only made it through CoIE because it's almost "mandatory" to be a "real" DC fan. (Though to be fair to the story, it's hard for me to read old comics because the art is so far & away from what modern technology allows (and so now nice art gets me through slow parts in books). I couldn't make it through DKReturns because the art got to me so much).

I know exactly what you mean! It's like peer pressure to read that lol. I really wanted to read 52 though, which I loved. I didn't have a problem with the art from DKR but have a hard time getting through anything drawn by Tim Sale.

Annihilation. I just re-read Annihilation with all the prequals and it is such a good story. That coupled with the Nova run, GOTG, Conquest, and the Thanos Imparative. It is an amazing character exploration of Richard Rider. After re-reading everything, I am almost happy that they are not using him for the new series. The story of Richard Rider from Annihilation to his death in the Imparative is perfect and shouldn't be tampered.

wow...I see someone said Final Crisis....not one to start fights..but...wow. I'm a huge DC fan, not against events, and liked the idea of FC, but IDC that it was written by GM it was sloppy & just a chaotic mess. The novelization of it by Greg Cox was MUCH clearer & I really liked it (probably what GM envisioned but couldn't get out)

@kingsloth: lol... I well my actual intention was a joke at the definition of period that is a woman menstruating, but leaving it open to be interpreted as "period" as in "period piece" (historical, etc), so I could blame the "dirty" interpretation on the reader.

Civil War is what got me back into comics. It took everything I knew about Marvel and its characters, and flipped it on it's side. Here we are 7 years later and the Marvel universe is still changed by this event (although some of the changes are pretty bad).

Best: Crisis on Infinite Earths, the measuring stick for all major crossovers

Honorable mentions: Final Crisis, for showing the modern reader what events should be if they want to go beyond momentary entertainment value.Infinity, for being an excellent event of the sort that FC is not.

Worst: Brightest Day, a complete non-starter that was ignored by nearly everyone under the banner at the time of print.

Dishonorable mentions:Genesis, that it was ignored by just about everyone after it was over tells you why.Infinite Crisis, the only redeeming thing about this dumb garbage is that it lead to the 52 series.

To me, the greatest event ever is Crisis on Infinite Earths. Not because it's the best written, but because of the impact it had.

1. It took the convoluted mess that was the DC universe and made into a neat and tidy single universe. (unlike the New 52)

2. It gave us over two decades of interesting stories, keeping old characters without changing them /too/ drastically (unlike the New 52)

3. It gave us plenty of heartfelt moments, like Barry Allen sacrificing himself, and Supergirl dying.

Totally this though I thought COIE had some really strong writing as well. It had a bigger cast of characters than most events today do yet did most of them justice in their appearances in the event. That's a hallmark of a good event storyline if ever there was a criteria set up for events.

Annihilation. I just re-read Annihilation with all the prequals and it is such a good story. That coupled with the Nova run, GOTG, Conquest, and the Thanos Imparative. It is an amazing character exploration of Richard Rider.

I stand by my opinion from a year ago that Annihilation is the best event. I was getting ready to post on this thread until I saw that I had already responded all that time ago.

Annihilation. I just re-read Annihilation with all the prequals and it is such a good story. That coupled with the Nova run, GOTG, Conquest, and the Thanos Imparative. It is an amazing character exploration of Richard Rider.

I stand by my opinion from a year ago that Annihilation is the best event. I was getting ready to post on this thread until I saw that I had already responded all that time ago.